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riversedge

(70,190 posts)
Sun Oct 13, 2019, 05:53 PM Oct 2019

12 Hours. 4 Syrian Hospitals Bombed. One Culprit: Russia.

Source: nytimes



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7:59Russia Bombed Four Syrian Hospitals. We Have Proof.

The Times obtained thousands of air force recordings, which reveal for the first time that Russia repeatedly bombed hospitals in Syria.CreditCreditMacro Media Center


Oct. 13, 2019 Updated 12:10 p.m. ET


The Russian Air Force has repeatedly bombed hospitals in Syria in order to crush the last pockets of resistance to President Bashar al-Assad, according to an investigation by The New York Times.

An analysis of previously unpublished Russian Air Force radio recordings, plane spotter logs and witness accounts allowed The Times to trace bombings of four hospitals in just 12 hours in May and tie Russian pilots to each one.

The 12-hour period beginning on May 5 represents a small slice of the air war in Syria, but it is a microcosm of Russia’s four-year military intervention in Syria’s civil war. A new front in the conflict opened this week, when Turkish forces crossed the border as part of a campaign against a Kurdish-led militia...............................
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Physicians for Human Rights, an advocacy group that tracks attacks on medical workers in Syria, has documented at least 583 such attacks since 2011, 266 of them since Russia intervened in September 2015. At least 916 medical workers have been killed since 2011................................

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/13/world/middleeast/russia-bombing-syrian-hospitals.html?action=click&module=Top+Stories&pgtype=Homepage






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12 Hours. 4 Syrian Hospitals Bombed. One Culprit: Russia. (Original Post) riversedge Oct 2019 OP
K&R ck4829 Oct 2019 #1
So what will Trump's buddy Bebe think about Trump doc03 Oct 2019 #2
Looks like your auto-correct got the best of you. Ilsa Oct 2019 #3
Yep it did nt doc03 Oct 2019 #4
Fucking disgusting. And we're OK with it. Zero from the admin that I can tell. Evolve Dammit Oct 2019 #5
Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2019 #6
Your rachat ya ya site set off a virus warning. irisblue Oct 2019 #7
Yup. BumRushDaShow Oct 2019 #8
Yo MIRT!!!! clean up on aisle 6, or a long hard look irisblue Oct 2019 #9
He's gone for good. Rhiannon12866 Oct 2019 #10
Thanks! Rhiannon12866 Oct 2019 #11
Thank you!!! BumRushDaShow Oct 2019 #12

Ilsa

(61,694 posts)
3. Looks like your auto-correct got the best of you.
Sun Oct 13, 2019, 06:49 PM
Oct 2019

I assume you mean "Bebe".

Trump doesn't care about the war crimes. I'm hoping some Kurds make it all the way to trump towers istanbul.

Evolve Dammit

(16,723 posts)
5. Fucking disgusting. And we're OK with it. Zero from the admin that I can tell.
Sun Oct 13, 2019, 08:39 PM
Oct 2019

This is on a very bad trajectory.

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